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Know Your Suffixes: -cian

In this worksheet, students practise identifying and spelling words ending in the suffix -cian.

'Know Your Suffixes: -cian' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 4 11+ worksheets

Curriculum topic:   English

Curriculum subtopic:   Spelling: Prefixes & Suffixes

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Worksheet Overview

Several different suffixes make the sound shun.

For example:

extension    fiction    magician

 

The suffix cian is common when the root word ends in 'c'. A lot of these words relate to people's occupations.

 

 

For example:

Someone who plays or writes music for a living = musician

 

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